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this weekend, how will manchester city respond? election officials in nigeria have insisted that nobody will be disenfranchised despite delays and technical problems as millions of people vote in the country s most competitive election since military rule ended there more than two decades ago. the race is between two major established parties, and a third candidate, peter obi, who has galvanised the support of young people. nigeria is africa s most populous country and a record number of people nearly 90 million have been eligible to vote. polls were due to close earlier in the day but people who are in queues at polling stations nationwide are still able to cast their ballot. here s the chair of the nigerian election commission. we are determined that no nigerian should and would be disenfranchised. we will continue to protect the process and will continue to proceed, courageously, to ensure that we conclude these in a very free, fair and credible manner. let ....
phil keating and chad pergram from the white house. let s start with alex and roy hoff live from cape corral, florida. hi, alex. alex: we are in an area called matt lachet and the coast guard is leading major effort to rescue people who have been stranded on the pine island ever since the storm, this is a major operation, we have probably seen at least a hundred people in this location coming in by boat. those residents had been on the island since the storm including even volunteers who showed up just after it. some really have arrived here in terrible condition. ems personnel have been on hand assisting several people who have returned by boat. one man said he had been suffering with a broken hip for days and laura was very emotional. she told me that she lost her entire home and spoke with gratitude for those who came to save her especially after the effort she made to make sure that she needed help. it s very devastating. we are just great to have our lives. the w ....
Of the very latest on the ongoing rescue in pakistan. we do have some night time footage that we can show you of the ongoing rescue. we know that helicopter rescue has now been suspended for the evening due to the weather and lack of light, as it s evening there as you can see, but we now have been told that there is a zip line and cable rescue that s ongoing, cable and zip line experts have been brought in by army helicopter from various areas of the northern region of pakistan, and they will be working through the night to try and rescue those people who are trapped in that cable car. now we have more on that story on the bbc news website. we are running a special live page, there s more video footage and the latest updates. you can find me on twitter, ....
Should and would be disenfranchised. we will continue to protect the process and will continue to proceed, courageously, to ensure that we conclude these in a very free, fair and credible manner. let s speak to our reporter in lagos, nkechi ogbonna. thank you forjoining us. just tell us what the latest is, because there have been these delays and disruption, tell us what has been going on. disruption, tell us what has been auoin on. , . , disruption, tell us what has been uuoinon. , . , going on. they have been delays across some going on. they have been delays across some parts going on. they have been delays across some parts of going on. they have been delays across some parts of the - going on. they have been delays across some parts of the country where voting began this evening due to the late arrival of election materials and electoral officials as well. but a lot of voters who i spoke too early in the day say they were determined to get their votes counted, no matter how ....